Suzanne G. Watnick, MD

Dr. Watnick joined the OHSU Nephrology staff in 2002. Her clinical interests include chronic dialysis, ICU nephrology, and quality of life among patients with chronic kidney disease. She is the Medical Director of the dialysis unit at the Portland Veterans Administration Medical Center and the Training Program Director for the nephrology fellowship program at OHSU. She sits on the Renal Field Advisory Panel for the Office of Veterans Affairs, and is a member of the Dialysis Advisory Group for the American Society of Nephrology.

She participates in clinical research on several fronts. She is interested in quality of life among patients on dialysis, examining the relationships between depression and chronic illness in this population. She has participated as a Site Investigator for the VA/NIH collaborative ATN Trial (Acute Renal Failure Trials Network), the largest study to date looking at acute kidney injury in the intensive care unit. She is also a Site Investigator for the Nephron-D trial, a large prospective randomized control trial, looking at angiotensin receptor blockers plus ACE inhibitors versus angiotensin receptor blockers plus placebo for the progression of diabetic nephropathy. This research has been funded through the Portland Veterans Administration Medical Center, the Medical Research Foundation of Oregon, and the National VA Cooperative Studies Program.